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11 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

We've rounded up all the best activity-based goods of this fair city, of this fair week, of this fair life...

Poet and Smallholder Di Slaney Talks Writing About Chickens

After appearing on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, rescuing a whole bunch of farmyard animals, running her own small farm and publishing her first poetry collection, Di Slaney must be about ready for some down time over the festive period...

4 Books To Read Over The Festive Period

One year ago, Nottingham became a UNESCO City of Literature. Since then, creative writing courses have been closed down, the DH Lawrence Heritage Centre has been sold off, and the fate of the Central Library lies in the hands of a property developer. Offsetting this is the Festival of Literature, the Line of Light installation on Station Street and, most importantly of all, the authors who keep banging out beautiful books...

8 Things To Do For New Year's Eve in Nottingham

Right then, what's going off on the last day of the year? A duck-ton of bleddy parties, that's what. We've got the lowdown on all the places worth gerrin' to as midnight chimes its way into 2017...

Debs Does Rocks and Elephants at Nottingham Contemporary

The very informative Debs went to see the latest exhibition at the Contemporary, give her vlog a watch for her take on grieving elephants, rusty metal and pebbly floors.

7 Things For Young Creatives To Do In Nottingham

Nottingham is a city that’s bubbling over with creativity. We were crowned UNESCO City of Literature in December 2015, we’re home to famous actors and actresses including BAFTA Award winning actress, Vicky McClure, and we’ve got shedloads of musicians popping out the woodwork at all times. If that’s got you feeling right inspired, youth, get stuck in to some of Nottingham’s creative offerings that’ll provide you with the time and space to create, with some professional encouragement along the way. Have a goose at these here suggestions...

Talking Nanoparticles Down The Vat and Fiddle at December's SciBar

For the final SciBar of the year, The Vat & Fiddle hosted a talk on nanoparticles. As we all know, "nano" means small and "particle" means particle. Dr Gareth Cave explains more in his talk, Nanoparticles: From Therapeutic Vectors to Chicken in the Basket.

The Woman Behind Free Christmas Dinners in Nottingham

Christmas can be a right bleddy lonely time for many people in Nottingham. Luckily, Mo Fayose has taken it upon herself to dish out free Christmas dinners for anyone who wants some company and a full belly on the day. That’s right, if you get yourself down to Hyson Green Market Square you can grab yourself a full English breakfast, or a full-on Christmas dinner at St Mark’s Church in Woodthorpe, and at Bestwood Park Community Centre. We put a few questions to the woman behind it all…

6 Things To Do In The Run-Up To Christmas

The big day is almost upon us, and here's how you can occupy yersens till then...

Dining with the Homeless at Madrid's Robin Hood Social Restaurant

A Nottingham bloke living in Madrid has discovered a rare gem among the eatery ranks - Robin Hood. That’s right, the Spaniards have opened up a restaurant and social enterprise, where the homeless community can get themselves a decent meal. And it’s all down to one bloke...

Rapper Alice Short on Hip Hop, Nottingham, and Doctor Who

Rapper, poet, and Doctor Who fanatic Alice Short has been smashing Nottingham’s stages and scribbling like there’s no next year. With the blissfully bleak-yet-hopeful album These Small Towns Are Stranger Than Paradise barely under her belt, she’s got a sack of new tunes in the pipeline. We grabbed her for a chat…

Hong Kong Diaries: A Scary Tale Christmas

Our man in Hong Kong compares and contrasts the festive seasons of his faraway position in the world, and of humble Nottingham...

Left Magpie: December

It's been another month of frustration for Notts County fans, with disappointing performances both on and off the pitch...

8 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

The weather might be fully freezing, but the Christmas party season is proper hotting up...

Nottingham in Photos: December 2016

Some of the city's best photographers have been out there getting busy, making little photo babies...

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man - David Baird's Photography Exhibition on Paralympian Richard Whitehead

What's On The LeftLion Stereo?

The only tunes you wanna listen to over this the festive period...

The Endless Rage of DH Lawrence: Mannequin Shenanigans

The mardiest poet ever to exist is laying into social media trends, this month...

8 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

We're on the countdown to Christmas, and Notts is gearing up for a proper party...

The Thompson Brothers on Donald Trump

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Dream-Pop Duo Cherry Hex and the Dream Church Talk Their EP Launch at Rough Trade

The eighties-inspired, minimalist pop duo are set to mark the release their latest EP with a headline show at Rough Trade. We put some questions to Maddy Chamberlain and Alex Blake to find out more

What Does Nottingham Think to Christmas?

We popped down to the Christmas Market to see how Christmas-y Nottingham is feeling. The answer? Well, have a watch...

Graphic Novel Dawn of the Unread Book Launch at Antenna

The Nottingham book – packed full of zombies and local literary figures – has defied all norms and transformed from an online graphic novel to a printed version. We got down to the book launch at Antenna on Beck Street, where our literature editor and Dawn of the Unread creator spoke about our city's history as well as what we need to get heads in pages...

Nottingham People's Assembly Discussion on The Mental Health Crisis

Health in the 21st Century was the programmed topic of the evening at Rough Trade. Unfortunately Harry Leslie Smith, a speaker born before the introduction of the NHS, is unwell and can't make it and so the discussion moves from a general look at health in the 21st century to a more detailed look at the mental health crisis with two main speakers...

NTU Distinguished Lecture Review: Professor Monica Grady CBE on The Rosetta Mission

Professor Monica Grady CBE, best known for her enthusiastic reaction when the Philae lander touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, joins us as part of the Nottingham Trent University distinguished lecture series to talk about the Rosetta mission...